27 Kg of marijuana recovered, three persons arrested by police

Gulpet police have arrested three persons while selling ganja at Betamagala road on the outskirts of town and recovered 27 kg of ganja and a motorbike.

The police gave the names of arrested as Venkatesh, a resident of Krishnagiri district in Tamil Nadu, Manjunath of Boodikote village in Bangarpet taluk, and B. Suresh of K.R. Puram in Bengaluru. The raid was conducted on Sunday based on a tip-off.

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